MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
elearning make it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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